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Comments: Purchased during Labor Day sale (last day is today - 9/8/09). Musicians Friend (MF)was running a sale of 20% off purchases >$1000 (just call in and use the code "Workers" - it's not available online, you have to call in). (This seems to be a promo that is run every now and then based on reading past posts here as others have reported the same discount.)

However, I actually purchased from Sam Ash Direct (SA) (www.samash.com) because they matched the MF deal. You have to call in to get the price match.

Also, MF had a 'free gift' on their P155's = Yamaha RH5MA headphones. SA said they would match the promo too. Since I already have headphones I asked about swaps and SA allowed me to swap it out with a new Yamaha FC3 pedal which allows for half pedaling (P155 comes with FC4 - no half pedal, I'll use that for soft/una corda). The rep had to ask a supervisor, but since the prices are comparable and the FC3 was in stock and the Yamaha headphones were not, it worked out better for them too so they OK'd it.

Also, I was able to put the order through online with the salesman's help so was able to get 5% back through Fatwallet.com, which would be about $50 from this item. I don't think it normally works this way, but for some reason the salesman did so I could place the order online, so I used fatwallet when I completed the transaction. So I effectively paid about $910 for a new P155B with an included FC3 (in addition to the included FC4), free delivery and no tax (note, tax in NY and FL).

BTW, I went with SA instead of MF even though the price on the P155 would have been the same primarily to swap out the headphones for the FC3 (I don't think MF would have allowed that) and because SA had some other items that MF didn't carry that I also wanted to get at 20% off.

I just bought my first DP! Thank you to everyone who posts on this forum for your opinions which helped me decide on my new YDP-160! I was originally looking at the Korg LP350 due to the cheaper price tag, $999 compared to $1349, but music123 has a $200 discount which helped seal my decision (for anyone interested it's $200 off any $1000+ Yamaha with the code: YAMAHAOFF and expires 9/30 I believe).

This was a close out item at Guitar Center that normally sells for $599. I first played it around labor day last year and had a difficult time staying away from it every time I went into the store. It got to where I had to force myself to stay away from it and play other pianos to fairly evaluate it. It became my favorite and when the clearance event came in January, I couldn't resist.

I bought my first DP. I originaly bought a YDP-140, but after reading up and trying the YDP-160/223, I returned the YDP-140. I then purchased the YDP-223. I would have went with the YDP-160, but guitar center doesn't have stock and the YDP-223 only ended up being $100 more than the YDP-160 would have cost.